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  1. Ed Seith

    Hey guys!

    Welcome back, David! I’ll be sure to check out your work when my conference calls clear out (work work work! we can’t all make the bread making music!). Looking forward to seeing your input, especially on the recording front.
  2. Ed Seith

    HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO OUR BEST MUSICIAN AND TEACHER!

    Adding in the COD cutscene is a nice touch. “DO not fuck this up!” (SMACK) lol
  3. Ed Seith

    What are you currently listening to?

    Faiq hitting the CLASSICS! Ozzy’s No Rest album was one of the first 5 CDs I bought (I don’t remember them all, but two others were Pink Floyd’s Delicate Sound of Thunder and Queensryche’s Operation: Mindcrime). I’d bought a lot of music by that point, but CDs were a new thing. Yeah, I’m the old...
  4. Ed Seith

    Is burning out beneficial at times

    It’s okay to have days when “I don’t wanna fuckin practice,” but you should try to force yourself to at least pick it up for ten minutes, whether it’s noodling in front of the TV, playing along to a couple of songs you love, or whatever. And then sometimes, when you’re REALLY burnt out, set it...
  5. Ed Seith

    Happy Birthday to Synyster Motherfu**ing Gates

    Happy birthday, Big Man! Hope your day is awesome, and those fucking earthquakes stop and your day is full of peace, love, family, and metal.
  6. Ed Seith

    Happy Birthday, Syn!

    @anna that’s fucking CRAZY good. Who do you think you are, trying to be awesome at TWO artistic things???!!!??
  7. Ed Seith

    My riff didn't upload to the community riff page

    If it’s the Lady Antebellum song you’re singing, then it’s on the community riffs page. At least for me. Sounds pretty.
  8. Ed Seith

    Is it possible to plug my actual VOX amp into my interface for recording

    WARNING: Check the Vox site for this before you even THINK about it further – most tube amps REQUIRE a speaker load if they’re powered on, unless they were specifically designed to work without one – like if it has a headphone or emulation out. If it doesn’t have one of these, you can do serious...
  9. Ed Seith

    Songwriting help

    Try different tempos or beats with the drum machine. Try different tunings – even going back to E standard can push you in slightly different directions, writing-wise, and can still be translated to drop D for performance or recording, if you prefer. Take a riff or part you already wrote and...
  10. Ed Seith

    Whats the weirdest advice you got that worked?

    I used to do that a lot, Syn, but with my wife in med school, most of my “media consumption” is with headphones on, which makes it harder to do that. Great tool, though! Sometimes when I’m on a long, boring work call (I work from home), I will throw a guitar over my shoulder and just noddle...
  11. Ed Seith

    So I bought a T-Shirt

    Awesome. Looks good on you!
  12. Ed Seith

    So What Did Rowan Actually Win?

    Fuckin NICE!
  13. Ed Seith

    My bands newest single/debut music video

    Another great track – nice leads throughout, too! Added ’em all to my New Music playlist on Amazon. Cool!
  14. Ed Seith

    Barre F Chord

    Yeah. I get it. I think it’s easier to start higher and get the chord down, then work it down to the first fret, where it’s hardest to master. Start with the A barre chord: 5 5 6 7 7 5 You’ll notice it’s the exact same shape. The beauty of barre chords is that they move. Master it in the 5th...
  15. Ed Seith

    My bands newest single/debut music video

    Love the band name – that’s awesome. Great song and video. With your creds listed in your profile, I kept waiting for the ripping-my-head-off guitar solo, but it never came. Sigh. Nicely done, though! Thanks for sharing!
  16. Ed Seith

    Does Anyone Post About Their Bands Here?

    You definitely can, and should, just don’t spam post your stuff constantly, you know? Throw it out there and those who are interested will check it out. New song? Throw it up there once.
  17. Ed Seith

    Seize the Day Solo Lesson anyone?

    @kim – when I said a “Jak-style lesson,” I mean covering the techniques one needs to develop in order to play this before getting into actually playing it. Once I get it done, there will be tutorials about slides, vibrato (mechanics and feel), long bends, starter sweeps, finger rolls, and more.
  18. Ed Seith

    Synyster Gates School Report Project (Jak's June Contest)

    But what was the prize for Rowan?
  19. Ed Seith

    Send guitar back or using contact spray?

    Contact spray is definitely the proper first step. Open the little circular cavity on the back for the pickup switch with a #2 phillips screwdriver. Two or three short bursts of contact spray on the metal parts, then work the switch back and forth a few times to get the spray in there and...
  20. Ed Seith's riff from July 1, 2019 at 6:44 pm

    Ed Seith's riff from July 1, 2019 at 6:44 pm

    I don’t usually play solos note for note, and this is not QUITE an exception, but it’s such a wonderful, tasty and emotive place that I had to put some of my own heart in it, you know?
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